Pistol.



. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908. J. WARNANT.

PISTOL.

APPLICATION rnmn MAY 20, 1905.

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PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908,

J. WARNANT.

PIS'DOL. APPLIQATIOH IILED MAY 20, 1905.

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PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908-.

J. WARN'ANT.

PISTOL.

A'PPLIOATION FILED MAY 20, 1906.

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No. 889,279. t PATENT ED JUNE 2, 1908.

1 J. WARNANT.

- PISTOL.

ABBLIOATION FILED MAY 20, 1905.

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JEAN WARNANT, or LIEGE, BELGIUM.

PISTOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1905. Serial No. 261,389.

Patented June 2, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN WARNANT, sub- 'ect of the King of. Belgium,residing at iege, Belgium, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pistols; and I to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

- This invention relates to pistols, and has for its object to improveand simplify the construction, and to these ends theinvention consistsin the various features of construction and arrangement of parts havingthe general mode of operation substantially as hereinafter moreparticularly set forth.

Some features of the invention are disclosed as applied to differentforms of pistols, some of which are automatic and in some of which thebarrel or the breech casing or both The arrangement adopted is inaddition, such that the different parts of the arm are easily accessibleand can be readily taken to pieces.

The accompanying drawings represent, by way of example some variousforms of a pistol of this type.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a istol closed, with a barrelwhich can be bro en down about a horizontal axis placed underneath it,showing the trigger and firing mechanism. Fig. 2 is a view in plan. Fig.3 shows the movable slide which works upon the top. side of the breechend of thebody. Fig. 4 1s a section through aaa; (Fig.1). Fig. 5 showsthe barrel-lockin belt se arately. Fig. 6 shows the same pisto open anwith its magazine in position. I Fig. 7 shows in plan, the sliding catchprovided for un-locking the magazine. Fig. 8 is-a part longitudinalsection of apistol similar to the one illustrated in the precedingfigures, but arranged in such a way that the barrel, and the breech canboth be broken down, to admit of the parts being rapidly disassembled.'Fig. 9 is a view in plan. Fig. 10 represents a' istol in which thebarrel has an u ward angu ar movement about a horizontal axis situatedabove it. Fig. 1 1 is a vertical section of the oint which connects themovable top-slide to a certain other part of the pistol. Fig. 12 is aview in I plan of the front of the body, showing the trigger andthebarrel-lockin bolt. Fig. 13 shows a pistol in which the reech parthas an upward lifting movement while the barrel ward is fixed. Fig. 14represents, in part longitudinal section, the plstol of Figs. 1-7, butin i which the joints have been replaced b ordinary. pins, so as toadapt the pistol or use only. as an automatic arm. Fig.15 isamodigficatlon of the last mentioned arrangement.

Fig. 16 shows a section through YY, (Fig. 15

The trigger mechanism'is the same in each of the pistols represented andconsists of the trigger pro er 1, the sear-actuating bar 2, the sear 14,.t e hammer 4', and the hammerspring 5.

. A tooth 6 provided with a small s ring 7 and guided by the screw 8, islocate in'an olpening made behind the trigger 1. When t e trigger ispulled, this tooth 6 engages with the forward extremity of the bar 2,and forces same back and it afterwards permits the trigger 1 to returnto its normal position under the influence of the trigger-spring 9, whenthe pressure of the shooters finger upon the trigger is relieved. Thetrigger spring 9 preferably consists of a blade, one end of whichpresses on the trigger 1 while the other end is held at the frontbetween two separable parts of the arm (barrel 10 and body 11). ina'lateral oove in the bod imme 'ately under one o the covers or si eplates of the grip which holds it in lace, and it is constantly forcedtowards t e front, against the trigger 1., by'a spring 12 fixed at itsmiddle 13 to the body 11. The upper end of this s ring 12 bears againstthe sear 14, while its ower end presses on the catch 15which fastens themagazine 16. The firing sprin 5 is placed in a socket in the body 1 1and it ears against the hammer 4 through the medium of the plunger head19. The magazine 16 (Fig. 6) as at its lower end a stud 2'0 and a smallcatch or slide 21 of which the head 23 comes The bar 2 is located anduided i opposite the fixed stud 20 while the rearnecessary to preventthe movable breech bolt 24 from forcing into the barrel 10 one of thecartridges contained in the magazine 16 during its forward or returnmovement under the-influence of the s ring 25, aswill be describedhereafter. F ig. .6 shows a simple means of attaining this result. Thema azine 16-has at the back two locking notc es 26 and 27 in which thenose of the catch 15 engages. When the magazine is pushed as far aspossible into the body the lower notch 26 is engaged b the catch 15andthe upper cartridge 28 1 be at such a height'in the body 11 that itwill be moved along by the bolt 24 and the loading is then automatic. Ifhowever the ma azine 16 is held b the first notch 27, the b51524 will beable to eely ass over the top cartridge 28 without forcm it. out-of themagazine. The barrel 10 will then remain empty and the arm can be usedas a single loader by breaking down either the barrel or the breechpart, as the case may be. By rendering the barrel chamber accessible inthis mannerthe necessity of adapting to the arm a special safetydeviceis obviat The barrel '10 (Figs. 1 7) which is made.

in one piece with the su erimposed chamber 29. containing thebreec -boltreturn spring 25, carries at practically the middle of its underside, alump 30 through the medium of which it is jointed to the body 11. It hasat the back a second lump 31 which fits into a corresponding recess inthe body 11 and is forme with a semi-cylindrical'groove adapted to beengaged by the semi-circular middle part of the spindle of the.barrel-locking bolt 32 which is mounted in the said body. Thebreech-bolt spring 25 bears at the front against the head of a rod 33directed through it, and at the back against the end wall of the chamber29. The said rod 33 passes through this wall andterminates at therearward end in a T or I shaped piece 34. This iece 34 is adapted to enage, when the arm s closed (Figs. 1 and 2) etween twolaterally-separated blocks 38 carried at the forward end of a top slide35, which is guided in longitudinal ooves 36 formed along the uppersides of t at part of the body which constitutes a breech and is capableof a rectilinear movement to-and-fro therein. The

breech bolt 24 has a ton e 37. which engages in a corresponding s 01; inthe to -slide 35, so that the bolt 24 when it is force back carries thesaid slide 35 with it, and also the rod 33 which .compresses the spring25,

- which subsequently reacts and restores the movement.

.32 into the slide 35.

In the arran ement represented in Figs. 8

and 9 the breec -casing 39 is made sothat it can be takento pieces. Withthis object,

the breech casing has at the back a lump 40 provided with asemi-cylindrical groove fittin on a pin 41, partly letinto the body 11,wh e its front carries a second lump 42 which fits into the body and iso posed to thelump 31 on the barrel. Like t latter, the lump 42 has asemi-cylindrical groove, through which passes the semi-circular part ofthe barrel bolt 32. The position I (which corres onds to the position inwhich the bolt spin 1e is represented in Fig. 8) of boltlever insuresthe fastening of the barrel and of the breech-case, and when the saidlever is placed in the position II it allows the barrel to be brokendown while the case remains stationary, whereas when the said lever islaced in position III it admits of the 'r'emova of the breech casewithout the aid of another tool. The barrel 10 is provided laterallywith two ears 43 which inclose the side walls of the case 39 when thearm is closed and which prevent deformation or bursting away of thesewalls.

Figs. 10, 11 and 12 show a pistol constructed accordi to the sameprinciple as those previousl described but in which the barrel is capale of an upward angular movement when disconnected from the body of thepistol.

top s 'de 35 and it is around this joint 44 that the barrel 1O pivots.The said barrel has on its underside alump or hook 45 of which therearward beveled part 46 fits into a corresponding mortise in the body11 while the front part has a notch 47 in which the nose of a pivotedcatch lever 48 arran ed in front of the trigger guard engages. his lever48 performs the same duty as the bolt 32 described in'the precedingarrangements.

The pistol represented by Fig. 13 is similar to that shown 1n Figs. 8and 9 with the exception that the breech case 39 is capable of an upwardangular movement, the barrel 10 being a fixture to the body. The breechcase 39 is jointed at the back at 49, to the bod 11, and it has at thefront a lump 42 wit semi-cylindrical recess in which the flattened orsemi-circular part of the s indle of the bolt 32 engages. The top-slide35 which works upon the breech case, has at the front a nose 50 which,when the arm is closed, en-' gages with a heel 51 of the rod 33 of thereech-bolt return s ring 25.

Fig; 14 shows a piston, similar in its substance, to those representedby Fi s. 1-7, but intended solely for automatic The barrel bolt 32 isreplaced by a fixed in 52, and'the joint is then removed to the out ofthe body 11 and the rod 33 of the breech bolt I In this case the rod 33ofthe s ring 25 is directly jointed at 44 to thesprin 25 is connecteddirectly, by screwing or 0t erwise, to the top slide 35, which isconnected to the breech bolt 24 by means of the rib or tongue 37 so thatthe top slide and breech bolt are constrained to reciprocate described,guided in two grooves ma e laterally at the upper part of this breechcasing.

In the arrangement represented in Figs. 15 and 16 the rod 33 of s ring25 is arranged to work freely through the front .wall 53 of the topslide 35 and it is directly attached to the tongue or to rib 37 of thebreech bolt 24-. This tongue as in this case a rounded head 54 (Fig. 16)ada ted to slide in an extended groove made in t e underside of the topslide 35. When using the arm, this top piece 35 remains stationary andit serves solely as a azine, the trigger, hammer; etc.; (2nd) they'theiradjacent ends are of suc means of forcing the bolt 24 towards theback, when, for the firin of the first charge, the piston has to be loaed by hand.

In the different types of istols described above, the bolt is introduceinto the breech casing from the front so that the said case alwaysremains solid at the back.

Comparing the difierent embodiments of the invention that have beenreferred to herein with the various forms of automatic or repeatingpistols heretofore roposed, it will be found that each of the ormsherein disclosed presents a common characteristic difference. Each ofthe different types described comprises three essential members,

(1st) the frame or body containing the magbarrel and the casingcontaining the return spring; and (3rd) the breech .casing containingthe breech bolt. The barrel and breech casing are not only formed searately but shape that they abut squarely when in firing position, theonly connection between saidarts (except the connection afforded by t eframe)- bein that provided by the enga ement of the reech bolt rod withthe sli e on the breech casing. There are no. projections from eitherthe barrel section or breech casing encircling the other, or soconnecting said arts that they cannot be separated by mere y disengagingthe connection provided by the breech bolt rod. Or in other words, thebarrel and.breech casing are independently formed and the onlyconnecting part crossing the line formed. by the meeting ends thereof isthe spring impelled b-reech bolt rod. The rear end of the barrel sectionis closed solely by the forward end of the breech casing. I

In the forms of repeating pistols heretofore proposed, the barrel andbreech sections have been so intimately connected together and to theframe or body of the weapon that it was difficult to separate them. Bymaking each of said parts independent of the other and assembling themin such manner that the only connection between the barrel and breechcasing is the breech bolt rod, it will be seen that said parts, whendisengaged from the frame or body, are easily separated or adjusted toex ose com letely the barrel and chamber of t e breec casing. It Willalso be noticed that when the parts are in firing position, the barreland breech sections are he d rigidly on the frame and neither is.reciprocated by the recoil.

A further advanta e ofthis construction is that it permits of ma 'n therear end of the breech casin solid an integral with the other walls 0that casing.

Having fully described my invention what I desire to claim and secure byLetters Patentis:

1. In an automatic pistol, the combination with one portion com rising abreech casing, breech bolt, and sli e therefor, of another portion comrising a barrel and a breech bolt 'rod mounte thereon and connected tothe slide, one of said portions being mounted to break relative to theother.

2. In .an automatic pistol, the combination with one ortion com using abreechcasing,

breech bo t and slide t erefor, movable longltudinall in the casing, ofanother portion comprising a barrel and a breech bolt rod mountedthereon and connected to theslide, one of said ortions being mounted tobreak relative to t e other, the separation between the casing andbarrelbeing in a transverse plane.

3. In an automatic break-down pistol, the combination with a breechcasing, breech bolt, andslide therefor, of a break-down barrel, a breechbolt rod mounted on the barrel, 'and detaohable'connections between therod and slide.

4. In an automatic break-down pistol, the

- nected to the slide, and a return spring for said rod and slide.

5. In an automatic break-down pistol, the

bolt, and slide mounted on the casing and connected to the bolt, of abreak-down barrel having a chamber, a breech bolt rod detachablyconnected to the slide and extending in said chamber, and a returnspring in said chamber for the rod.

6. In an automatic break-down pistol, the combination with a breechcasing, breech bolt therein, having a tongue, and a slide mounted on thecasing and provided with a combination with a breech casing, a breechslot fitting said tongue, of a break-down barrel, and a breech bolt rodmounted on the barrel and detachably connected with the slide. 7

7. In an automatic break-down pistol, the

' combination with a breech casing, breech bolt, and slide mounted onthe casin and connected to the bolt, of a break-down arrel having achamber, a breech bolt rod mounted in the chamber, and a springsurrounding the rod.

'8. In a pistol, the combination with the body, of a se arately formedand removable breech case laving a lump on its forward end, a break-downbarrel having a lump on its rear end, and a barrel bolt having aflattened spindle and adapted to engage the lumps on the breech case andbarrel; a

9. In a pistol the combination of a breakdown barrel, a removable breechcase, lumps connected to the breech case and barrel, and a bolt having aflattened spindle calpable of engaging either one or both of said umps.

10. In a pistol, the combination with the body, of a magazine providedwith-a stud fixed on its bottom, a slide mounted on its bottom having ahead opposite said stud and having a bent up ortion, and a catch mountedon the body a apted to engage the magazine, and engaged by said bentupportion of the slide.

11. In an automatic break-down vpistol, the combination with v thebreech casing, breech bolt, and slide mounted. on the-casin andconnected to the bolt, and blocks on sai slide, of a break-down barrel,-and a breech bolt rod mounted on the barrel, and provided with a T-shaed end piece for detachably engaging the locks.

12. In an automatic or repeating pistol, the combination of a bodyadapted to support a ma azine, a barrel, a breech casing, said barre andbreech caslng being formed 1ndependently of each otherand of the bodyabutting at their meeting ends and one of said parts being pivotallymounted on the body and adapted to be turned about its ivotindependently of the other, and means or holding said movable part rigidwith the body when the barrel and chamber of the breech casing are inalinement.

1 3. In an automatic or repeating pistol, the combination of a body, abarrel mounted on the body, a breech casing mounted on the bodyindependently of the barrel, one of said parts being Ipivotallyconnected with a the ody, a breec bolt-rod carried by. the barrel, aslide mounted in the breech casing, connections betweensaid rod andslide permitting the pivotally mounted part to turn inde endently of theother, and means for ho din said movable art rigid on the bod when t ebarrel and c amber of the breec casing are in alinement.

14. In an automatic or repeati pistol, the combination of a bod a barremounted on the body, a breec casi the body, independently of t e barrel,one of said arts being pivotally connected with the ody, a breechbolt-rod carried by -the breech casing, and ads. ted to bedisencombinationwith a frame or be mounted on seems the barrel, a slidemounted in the breech casing, means connecting said rod and slide andcausing them to move together when the barrel is in alinement with thechamber in gagpd to permit the pivota y mounted part to e turnedindependently of the other, and means for holding said ivotally mountedpart rigid on the ody w on the barrel is in alinement with the chamberin the breech casing.

15. In an automatic or repeating pistol, the combination of a body, abarrel mounted on the body, a breech casing mounted on the bodyindependently of the barrel, one of said parts being pivotally connectedwith the ody, a spring controlled breech bolt-rod carried by the barreland projecting rearwardly therefrom a slide mounted in the breech casingand having means for engaging the rear end of the breech bolt-r0 can saipivotally mounted part is turned about its pivot, and means for holdingsaid movable part rigid on the body when the barrel 'ada ted'to beautomatically disengaged when is in alinement with the chamber in the Ibreech casing.

16. The herein described automatic or repeating pistol comprising a bodyor frame section supporting a magazine, a trigj er and a hammer, abreech caslng detacha y connected with the frame, a breech bolt andfiring'1 pin within said casing, a barrel section in ependently securedto the frame, and a rod engaging at its forward end a spring mounted onthe barrel and having-its rear end connected with the breech bolt, saidrod affording the only connection between the barrel andbreech sectionswhen said sections are detached from the frame.

peating pistol comprising a body or frame section supporting themagazine, trigger and hammer, an independent breech casmgsecured on thebody, a barrel section mounted on the body and ha its rear end bearingsquarely against the orward end of the breech caslng, a breech boltWithin the breech casing, a slide mounted in guides on, said casing andconnected with the breech bolt, and a rod having one end connected withthe slide on the breech casing and its other end e a ed by a s ricarried b the barrel secti di whereby it ifetachably connects the barreland breech casing sections.

18. In an automatic or repeatingdpistol, the

y section supporting a magazine, trig er and hammer,

of two independently formed sections adapted to be rigidly secured tothe frame section,

I one of said sections having therein the barrel and a superposedchamber, and the other section constituting'a breech casing, the innerends of.said sections abutting, a breech bolt carryingapin arrangedwithin the 105 17. The herein described automatic or rea 5 through saidchamber and having at its forward end a head ngaging said spring andhaving its rear end c bnnected with the slide on the breech casing.

19. In anautomatic or repeating dpistol, the

I 1 combination with a frame or bo y section supporting a magazine,trigger and hammer, v

. of two inde endently formed sections adapted to be rigidly secured tothe frame section, one of saidsections having therein the barrel 5 and asuperposed chamber, and the other section constituting a breech casing,the inner ends of said sections abutting, abreech bolt ca a pin arra edwithin the breech dzsi l g, and aving ar i upwardly extending pro'ectionadapted to reci rocate in guides on t e breech casing, a 00' ed springwithin the chamber above the barrel, and a rod extending through saidchamber and having at its orward end a detachable head engaglng saidspring and having its rear end connected with the breech bolt.

- v In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' JEAN WARNANT.

Witnesses:

GA-s'roN RUoKaRD, VICTOR HAMAL.

